Garment hanger



A ril 3, 1951' M. M. BROK 29 79 3 GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 4, 1949INVENTORQ lilagarei firodf/ Patented Apr. 3, 1951 UNITED STATES ATENTOFFICE This invention relates to garment hangers, and particularly to anarticle of this character which is telescopically collapsible or capableof being materially reduced in' size to thereby permit of the same beingadjustable to accommodate garments of various sizes, and also to renderit extremely portable and of small size and capable of being carried orcontained in small space, thus rendering it convenient for travelling.

An object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger of the abovecharacter which may be made of wire and thus be made economically andinexpensively by readily-available machinery.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a garmenthanger having a frame wholly composed of wire and having a centralportion hung from a suspension hook and receiving end portions which areslidably adjustable toward one another on the central portion to therebyeither reduce the overall size of the hanger or else extend it to fullor to intermediate size as required.

The invention further contemplates the provision of other features ofconstruction to be hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointedout in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of theinvention is disclosed, Fig. l is a front elevation of a garment hangerconstructed according to the invention and in its extended, or fullyopen position; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the garment hanger in itscollapsed or telescoped position; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken onthe line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 isa view of one of the end members of the hanger; Fig. 5 is a View of thecentral supporting member, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one ofthe end members. 7

The. hanger includes a triangular wire frame which is composed of four,main parts, namely, the central supporting member I, the end members 2and 3, and the suspension hook i. All of the parts of the hanger arepreferably composed of relatively stifi wire'which may be bent to thedesired shapes by known wire-forming machinery. The central support Iconsists of asingle piece of wire and is formed with the two legs 4 and.5 extending divergently from the centrally located loop 6 which receivesa loop formed on the lower end of the suspension hook I. At the free endof each of the legs '4 and 5 is formed a guide loop or eye 8.

The end members 2 and 3 are both alike in con- 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-89)struction and a description of one of them will sufiice for both. Eachof said end members consists of a bent length of wire which may be described as being roughly U-shape, having a lower longer leg I l and anupper shorter leg 9. At the end of the leg 9 is formed a laterally-bentguide loop or eye I0 and at the end of the long leg H is formed alaterally-bent guide loop or eye I 2.

In the assembled position of the parts of the hanger, it will beobserved that each of the short legs 9 on the end members 2 and 3,extends and is guided through one of the loops or eyes 8 on the legs 4and 5 of the central member I. These legs 4 and 5 extend respectivelythrough the loops or eyes I0 provided on the legs 9 of the end members 2and 3. The long leg ll of one of the end members extends through theguide loop I2 on the long leg of the companion end member, as clearlyseen in Figs. 1 and 2.

The open or extended position of the hanger is shown in Fig. 1, whereinit will be seen that the hanger, when so extended, is of the normalshape and size of the conventional wire coat hanger. When it is desiredto reduce the size of the hanger or to collapse or telescope itcompactly for packing it in a hand bag. or otherwise transporting it,the end members 2 and 3 are pushed inwardly or toward one another toeither the limit of such movement or to any extent desired to reducethehanger to the size required. When pressure is imposed on the endmembers 2 and 3, they will slide along the legs 4 and 5 of the centralmember, and the guide loops l2 will also slide on the legs II which theyrespectively embrace, thus permitting the end members 2 and 3 to moveinwardly or toward one another to the limit of such movement, ifdesired. The hanger in its fully telescoped or collapsed condition isshown in Fig. 2 wherein it will be noted that the same has beenverymaterially reduced in size and may thus be readily accommodated in ahand bag or in any other small space.

The parts of the hanger are, as previously stated, composed of springywire and are preferably arranged to slide rather stifily relatively toone another so that they will remain in any set position. This willenable the hanger to be partially collapsed, when desired, to enable itto accommodate small garments such as childrens garments. When thehanger is in its fully telescoped condition, as seen in Fig, 2, it maybe further reduced in size, if desired, by folding the suspension hook Idownwardly, and by springing the parts slightly, causing the hook l toengage about the legs II. This will flex the legs ll slightly and .thusprevent inadvertent sliding movement of the parts of the wire framerelatively to one another and serve to hold the hanger in its collapsedor telescoped condition.

The construction of the hanger is such that its parts may be easilyfabricated at small cost; it is sturdy and convenient to use and whentelescoped or collapsed can be very conveniently carried in luggage, inthe pocket, or in the glove compartment of an automobile, thus providingthe advantages of having a garment hanger present without utilizingspace normally required for a hanger of conventional construction.

Having described one embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that thesame is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover allstructures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

A garment hanger having a central wire piece, aid pi ce a ing s exending i e ee tl from its nte sai p e e being fo d wi h a central loop.each le be n f rme at ts d wit an. y a pa r of U-. p.ed wire e d m m reach of said 61 6. members having a, relatively .110.113 16g slidablethrough one of the eyes, each short ee, t r i ating, an ye t ugh whichone of the legs of the central wire piece is slidable, each of the endmembers having a long leg, said long legs overlapping and forming anadjustable cross bar for the hanger, said long legs terminating in eyesby means of which said long legs slidably embrace one another, and asuspension hook swingably attached to the loop of the central piece,said hook being of a length to enable it to be swung to a position toengage about the adjustable cross bar when the hanger is collapsed andapply tension thereon to prevent the sliding movement of the legs whichform said bar.

MARGARET M. BROCK.

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